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She further questioned if "spitting it into a specially provided bucket" was planned, and labelled the journalist "the King of Faux Outrage."

But Piers has now responded to the article on Twitter, retweeting the story with the caption: "Thanks for crowning me, but it's worse than you click-baiting clowns think: I actually believe what I say."

And he wasn't finished, as when the article reappeared on social media the journalist continued to discuss the matter.

He added: "I just want to say one word about your transparently click-baiting, traffic-surging obsession with keeping me in 'general consciousness' to 434k people all day: THANKS!"